The program uses Customs and Border Protection funding and is managed by FEMA. It does not use money from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund.

Communities across New York rely on funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after intense floods and storms. Now, some are worried as President Trump says he wants to get rid of the agency.

The acting head of the federal agency responsible for responding to disasters says he’s suspending payments sent to New York City to house migrants and that staff who made them will be held accountabl

New York City sued the Trump administration Friday to recoup $80.5 million in migrant housing aid that the city says was abruptly rescinded and illegally pilfered from public coffers by Trump’s Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded New York City money as part of a program Congress created to help states, municipalities and nonprofits provide basic services to immigrants. The program uses Customs and Border Protection funding and is managed by FEMA.

New York City has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration for the seizure of over $80 million in FEMA funds.